OK, SO, how has 10 years of CCE changed the world?

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OK, SO, how has 10 years of CCE changed the world?

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Started 5 years ago by chdot
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chdot
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I think it

helped PoP happen

Propagated the idea of N+1

Publicised (and CECers helped with) Playing Out, cycling to school and ‘try it’ events,

I’m sure it

Encouraged the SRDs to become a ‘cycling’ family

Encouraged a few people to try Audaxing

Helped to have a fairly ‘safe space’ to discuss IndyRef and Brexit (someone wrote that CCE was the most informative/enlightening/rational place for IndyRef) also HELMETS (after some heated to and fros)

Changed people’s minds on minor and major issues.

Provided a useful outlet for (some) people to share (aspects of) their lives without criticism or censure (plus occasional sympathy)

Helped ‘campaigning’ in Edinburgh - but it’s still hard work only (it seems) suitable for the most dedicated

(Mostly) been supportive and helpful

Highly entertaining (not always intentionally)

I’m also sure I’m very glad I helped to create it. OK, I’ve done some curating and nudging, but the reality it’s the CCEers - original, longstanding, occasional and new who have ‘made’ it (and continue to do so.

There are a few people I wish still posted. Some have ‘given up’ on CCE others just moved to different parts of their lives. I suspect most are still riding bikes.

There are more important things than bikes, but not many...

Posted 5 years ago #
gembo
Member

Humanised the towpath

Allowed me to go in to the over priced PY/Soderbergh

Posted 5 years ago #
SRD
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What I love is the generations of family cycling. Laidback and chdot set examples that inspired the SRD family (although we had bikes and child seat and did nursery run pre-CCE). but then we trialled stuff, and loaned stuff, and just generally wurffled on about stuff which (I am told) encouraged others, who encouraged others. including various current CCE-ers.

Posted 5 years ago #
Greenroofer
Member

I'd add that it was an idea from @kaputnik on here six years ago that prompted me to establish the Bicycle User Group at my workplace that now has ~900 members. The BUG has been good for my career and done my employer no harm either.

+1 for the audaxing. I've just collected my first SR award, and I hold CCE as a whole (and @paddyirish in particular) responsible for that.

Posted 5 years ago #
SRD
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adding to your list:

- Women's cycle forum ?

- pedestrian campaigning / 20s plenty

- a book! (about cycling)

- any number of Edinburgh-based cycle infrastructure started out here - from the lowly harrison park dropped kerb - or was actively lobbied from here - Roseburn !

- various folk of all ages, genders and abilities who are healthier and happier. some of whom have become Mamils and Mawils.

- a few CCE kids have met an Olympic gold medal cyclist (Callum Skinner) and been to the World Championships, and done some races themselves

- much beer and coffee has been drunk.

- some inner tubes recycled (and a JASS award collected).

Posted 5 years ago #
chdot
Admin

“pedestrian campaigning”

Not sure. Certainly tried to alter the ‘cyclIst v ped’ debat Think CCEers understand, not sure about others.

“20s plenty” actually yes (with Spokes) pushed the debate/feedback on consultations.

Posted 5 years ago #
chdot
Admin

“much beer and coffee has been drunk”

That’s true though (to some extent) it’s become a subset group (partly related to PoP organisers).

Posted 5 years ago #
I were right about that saddle
Member

This is in some ways a product of CCE and 2014. I doubt it would have existed if neither had happened.

CCE is also good and worthwhile.

Posted 5 years ago #
Greenroofer
Member

@SRD make that two JASS awards

Posted 5 years ago #
HankChief
Member

Where to start...

A vast number of my ideas (both sensible & stupid) have had their first airing on CCE where they have inevitably been met with a warm, understanding & generally helpful response which has led on to many adventures and campaigns, some more successful than others, but I could be assured that the write up would be greeted with congratluations/sympathy as appropriate.

Bravo CCE

Posted 5 years ago #
LaidBack
Member

As said, CCErs like to introduce topics other than performance and gear comparisons threads.
I also think each member has encouraged and inspired others by simply commuting throughout the year and suggesting leisure routes and holiday stuff. Family viewpoints are important here. As kindly noted by @SRD many of us got into cycling as car free family transport and the forum also relates what went before with the story of paths from @Tulyar and others.
Away from the bedrock of life on city cycle routes it's expanded out to look at Audaxes and a bit of cycle sport too. Some members like the human power vehicle side and can at least explain it here. Other unpopular modes like tandeming also get space. E-bikes got a heads up here pretty early on. @chrisfli will have stats - big thanks to his web care of course!
Despite having Edinburgh in name it gets contributions from all over. Big UK fora are inevitably drawn into debates about London cycling and routes in south. As we have devolved transport policy it's only sensible to debate what we can do where we live and hopefully influence rest of country. PoP has tackled that with campaign in Glasgow, Aberdeen etc..

Posted 5 years ago #
chdot
Admin

For the record, HC was the first person (and probably still only one) who has ‘represented’ CCE at a CEC committee arguing (successfully) for some improvements.

Posted 5 years ago #
sallyhinch
Member

It definitely got PoP off the ground, and helped inspire some of this year's pop-up PoPs (and maybe next year? Watch this space)

Posted 5 years ago #
chdot
Admin

“I also think each member has encouraged and inspired others by simply commuting throughout the year”.

Yeah undoubtedly true - with and without studs.

Maybe we are in for another hard winter, or maybe they have been climate changed out of existence.

Posted 5 years ago #
gembo
Member

I like the way we have humanised the towpath commute a little.

Tho if those rowing coaches are out on bikes and on their phones or also have taken a dog for. A walk, that gets my goat [my bad].

Best thread was started by Reombodna - Spotted [IMHO and also in terms of frequency of posts]

Posted 5 years ago #
LaidBack
Member

This was early post on a new piece of infrastructure near Meadows 9 years ago.
Contributor Min actually won the award in another thread I think.

http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=613

Posted 5 years ago #
LaidBack
Member

Other CCE related events were the SEStran Commuter Challenges for EdFoC.

Only possible with the help of forumers. 2016 one here. 2017 also somewhere on Flckr.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskBnwk38

@Kim suggested the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling (EdFoC) idea - originally floated here. 2019 was 7th one and has had Jenny Graham, Lee Craigie and Mikael Colville-Andersen and others in the past reflecting the breadth of the cycling world.

This I think shows the forum works as a sounding place for many including EdFoC, Spokes, Bike Station, ABC, Play Together on Pedals and others - such as the bike train to school with @algo @niall_a and others.

Posted 5 years ago #
unhurt
Member

I've watered a lot of plants as a result.

Posted 5 years ago #
dessert rat
Member

I have had strangers in my house, watering my plants.

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